sitzkrieg
pronunciation
How to pronounce sitzkrieg in British English:
UK ['sɪtskri:g]
How to pronounce sitzkrieg in American English:
US ['sɪtˌskrig]
Word Origin
- sitzkrieg (n.)
- 1940, "static warfare" (such as prevailed in Europe in the winter of 1939-40), R.A.F. coinage on analogy of blitzkrieg (q.v.), from German sitz "a sitting."